Nancy Pearl Bowling

**Nancy Pearl Bowling**, 86, of Versailles passed away Saturday, April 5, 2008 at her home. She was born at Oneida in Clay County, Kentucky on October 25, 1921 the daughter of Elza and Minnie Webb. She was married to Sulvan Bowling on September 28, 1943 and he preceded her in death on August 13, 1974. Survivors include four sons, Richard (Diana) Bowling of Lebanon, Ohio, Sulvan Bowling, Jr. of Dillsboro, Michael (Barbra) Bowling of French Lick, and James (Vonda) Bowling of Moorefield; one daughter Betty Jo (Gene) Copeland of Breckenridge, Colorado; 16 grandchildren and 19 great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her parents, several brothers and sisters, and her grandson Michael Bowling, Jr. Mrs. Bowling was a 1939 graduate of the Oneida Baptist Institute and attended the Fugaci School of Business in Lexington. She was a member of the Trinity Christian Center in Lawrenceburg and attended the Washington Baptist Church in Elrod. She was a former employee of the Delaney Wood Heel Factory in Versailles and retired in 1997 after 21 years as a cook at the South Ripley Elementary School in Versailles. Funeral services will be held Tuesday, April at 11am at the Stratton-Karsteter Funeral Home in Versailles with Pastor Bob Brigman of the Trinity Christian Center officiating. Burial will be in the Washington Cemetery at Elrod. Visitation will be Monday from 5pm to 8pm. Memorials may be given to the Hospice of Kings Daughters Hospital or the Trinity Christian Center in care of the funeral home.